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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
7. A wine bottle made of leather.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. The bill in a restaurant.
16. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
17. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
19. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
22. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
23. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
27. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
31. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A doctor's degree in religion.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
47. The habitation of wild animals.
49. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
51. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
52. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
53. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
25. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
26. By bad luck.
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
37. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
42. Baby bed with high sides.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. A decree that prohibits something.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
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